Federal authorities investigating thousands in fraudulent Medicaid losses

Federal authorities investigating thousands in fraudulent Medicaid losses

Federal authorities are investigating cases that cost the state's Medicaid program more than $250,000 where someone is suspected of assuming a false identity that enabled them to secure welfare benefits. Medicaid Inspector General Steven Anderson revealed to lawmakers Wednesday two new cases that are expected to be prosecuted involving two people who took on the identity of a dead cousin and a dead citizen in separate cases to collect $268,000 i…